Fayettenamcanesfan
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GDT: Canes v. Bruins 4/4 7:00
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HeyKurtz
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I'm a big fan of Andrei's and fully expect that he will overcome whatever is undermining his performance and his decision-making this season. With that said, this snippet from a piece in The Athletic today caught my attention...
cmaleski2
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Svech has been flat out bad the last 12 games. Every part of his game has been terrible....his shooting, his decision making, his puck handling, his passing, and the penalty taken every game. The only good thing about his play is his willingness to run into people.
I don't know what the answer is at this point. All I can hope is that something switches back on in time for the playoffs, otherwise it will be as if Svech is not in the lineup for the playoffs again. At least we have Guentzel this time to cover for that, but having Guentzel AND 30 goal Svech in the lineup at the same time is what can put the Canes over the top. Brindy will call it needing our top players to be our top players. Svech NEEDS to get going for this team to be its very best version.
I don't know what the answer is at this point. All I can hope is that something switches back on in time for the playoffs, otherwise it will be as if Svech is not in the lineup for the playoffs again. At least we have Guentzel this time to cover for that, but having Guentzel AND 30 goal Svech in the lineup at the same time is what can put the Canes over the top. Brindy will call it needing our top players to be our top players. Svech NEEDS to get going for this team to be its very best version.
Personally, I'm not opposed to putting him with Staal and letting him do grunt work for a bit. He spent much of his rookie year in that role, and I think the biggest message would be ... if you don't drive play, nobody else on this line will and you won't get scoring chances much less points. Now, go do that and we'll see how it goes.
That's the thing with Svech. He's very good at a lot of things, but he's elite at driving play towards scoring areas in the offensive zone. When he's played with others guys who do that also, sometimes he gets a bit lost. And when he's gotten lost thus far in his career, it has taken a very long time for him to dial back in.
That's the thing with Svech. He's very good at a lot of things, but he's elite at driving play towards scoring areas in the offensive zone. When he's played with others guys who do that also, sometimes he gets a bit lost. And when he's gotten lost thus far in his career, it has taken a very long time for him to dial back in.
Must be something they do in the great white north I guess.
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